Proteometabolomics in Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; tumor; cancer proteomics
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Interests: cancer biomarkers; tumor metabolism; therapeutics; microbiome
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The application of 'omics' technologies, coupled with advanced statistical approaches (e.g., artificial intelligence), is increasingly being utilized to reveal molecular drivers of tumorigenesis and to derive novel treatment strategies and biomarkers that inform clinical decision making. While 'omics' approaches have largely been advanced in the areas of genomics and transcriptomics, there is considerable interest and merit in exploring proteomics and metabolomics data, as these offer detailed characterization of the functional molecular machinery and derived biochemical outputs that ultimately affect oncogenesis and shape the tumor microenvironment as well as tumor–host interaction. Using proteomics, metabolomics, or integrated proteomics and metabolomics approaches in the context of cancer thus has high relevance to the identification of next-generation treatment modalities that target cancer cell dependencies as well as to biomarkers that inform as to disease status or molecular subtypes.
This Special Issue focuses on the application of proteomics, metabolomics, and integrated proteomics and metabolomics in cancer, with an emphasis on cancer biology, the tumor microenvironment and modulation of the tumor immunophenotype, biomarkers, and novel therapeutic strategies.
Prof. Dr. Samir M. Hanash
Dr. Johannes Fahrmann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- proteomics
- metabolomics
- cancer biology
- tumor microenvironment
- biomarkers
- therapeutics
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